Washington Center

The American Presidency and Executive Power

Credits: 
4
Instructor: 
Day and Time: 
Wednesday, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Quarter Dates: 
March 28 - June 6, 2018
Campus: 
UCDC
Category: 
Core Seminar
Description: 

This course will put the current presidency in historical and theoretical context, drawing on a variety of readings and approaches. At its core, this class is about the problem of executive power in democratic government. We will study and reflect not only on the details of what the presidency is in theory and practice, we will also consider how it (and other parts of the system) might be changed to overcome the problems of governance that have plagued the U.S. The goal is to understand the work of the presidency and some of the different perspectives by which we might analyze presidents and their administrations.

Draft Syllabus

Course ID: 
UCDC191C01V18